Delray Beach has reached agreement with its police officers on a three-year contract that gives retroactive salary increases for the five years that wages were frozen.
The contract approved by city commissioners on Dec. 22 also reinstates merit-based raises up to 5 percent and increases starting salaries to $48,000 to make Delray more competitive with other cities.
Police officers and sergeants approved the contract by a 92-11 vote on Dec. 18 after months of negotiations. The contract is retroactive to October 2014 and will expire in September 2017.
The wage package will cost taxpayers about $4.2 million.
But city officials estimate that reforms to the police pension fund will save $21 million over the next 30 years because the city’s annual contribution to the fund will be reduced.
— Tim Pallesen
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